4. Getting the Bird (1972)
Rumour sweeps through Walmington-on-Sea that Wilson is seeing a young girl. He goes AWOL and is found drunk. It turns out that the girl is his daughter. Meanwhile Walker has taken delivery of pigeons that have been stolen from Trafalgar Square, and has to find somewhere to hide them. Then the platoon assembles for church parade. What could go wrong?
Release date: 1972-10-27
Season number: 5
Episode number: 4
Runtime: 28 minutes
Cast
Arthur Lowe
as Captain George Mainwaring
John Le Mesurier
as Sergeant Arthur Wilson
Clive Dunn
as Lance-Corporal Jack Jones
John Laurie
as Private James Frazer
Arnold Ridley
as Private Charles Godfrey
Ian Lavender
as Private Frank Pike
Bill Pertwee
as ARP Warden Bert Hodges
Edward Sinclair
as Maurice Yeatman
Frank Williams
as Reverend Timothy Farthing
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Hugh Cecil - Platoon Member
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James Beck - Private Joe Walker, Colin Bean - Private Sponge, Janet Davies - Mavis Pike